as in drool
the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands
our mouths filled with saliva when we smelled the delicious dinner
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Recent Examples of saliva
These compounds, which look like rings at the molecular level, interact with proteins in your saliva to produce a dry, astringent sensation that makes your mouth pucker.
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Rosemary Trout, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, which can spread from person to person through the air via droplets of saliva, according to the DHS.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Anyone can be part of a bone marrow registry by simply donating a swab of saliva taken from the inside of the mouth for a DNA sample.
—Nicole Gregory, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
What are the benefits of fluoride? Mouths teem with bacteria, which produce acid in saliva.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Rosemary Trout, Discover Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria, Bordetella pertussis, which can spread from person to person through the air via droplets of saliva, according to the DHS.
—Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Anyone can be part of a bone marrow registry by simply donating a swab of saliva taken from the inside of the mouth for a DNA sample.
—Nicole Gregory, Orange County Register, 19 Nov. 2024
What are the benefits of fluoride? Mouths teem with bacteria, which produce acid in saliva.
—Erika Edwards, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for saliva
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Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top' Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
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The quick clip shows an angry and feral Xenomorph with dark sharp teeth and lips dripping with drool.Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
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Local candidates stopped short of trafficking in tales of pets on a spit in Springfield, but no one else seems inclined to ease up on the post-election angertainment, from Washington on down.Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2024
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Cookware This is something for the big-splashy-meal cook in your life—the king of the standing rib roast, the empress of the whole pig on a spit, the generalissimo of the hundred-person clam bake.Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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The mayor nodded and smiled, but also flinched, as though struck by spittle.E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
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Filling the air with spittle as plentiful as the Allied bombs raining down along the English Channel.John Anderson, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
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“Saliva.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saliva. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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